The NFL drew 65 million U.S. viewers on Netflix for its two games, while the NBA averaged 5.25 million viewers for its five contests.

The NBA has long dominated Christmas, just as Thanksgiving has become synonymous with football, but viewers got the best of both worlds on Wednesday.

For decades, Christmas has been one of the biggest days of the year for the NBA, and the rest of the American sports landscape has taken a step back on the country's biggest holiday.